Personal Info
Birth date
1983-01-08 (42 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Pyongyang, North Korea
Also known as
김정은
Kim Jung Un
Kim Jeong-eun
Jong-un Kim
Kim Jong Un
金正恩
Kim Jong-un
Biography
Kim Jong Un, born 8 January 1983, is a North Korean politician who has been President of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is the third son of Kim Jong Il, who was North Korea's second President from 1994 to 2011, and a grandson of Kim Il Sung, who was the founder and first President of North Korea from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994.
Filmography
Panorama
6.2
Overview:
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.Mentiras verdaderas
5.5
Overview:
Daily interviews discussing the guest's personal lives and national contingency.Basketball: A Love Story
7
Overview:
'Basketball: A Love Story' is a series of 62 interconnected short stories that creates a vibrant mosaic of the game, featuring 165 exclusive interviews. The cast encompasses basketball's most prominent figures and explores the complex nature of love as it relates to the game.Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
7.136
Overview:
Every Sunday, Hasan Minhaj brings an incisive and nuanced perspective to global news, politics and culture in his unique comedy series.PBS News Hour
5.5
Overview:
America's first and longest running hour-long nightly news broadcast known for its in-depth coverage of issues and current events.The Detour
7.1
Overview:
A what-in-the-living-hell-is-wrong-with-this-family comedy created by comic super-couple Jason Jones & Samantha Bee and inspired by their own experiences with family trips. Unfiltered dad Nate hits the road with wife Robin and kids Delilah and Jared. Every leg of their trip is fraught with disaster as they encounter one hellish turn after another. If there's trouble on the road, this family will find it and plow into it.How to Become a Tyrant
7.373
Overview:
The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.Spycraft
6.896
Overview:
The spy game is a serious business, and throughout history, the tools and technologies developed for it have mattered as much as the spies themselves.Beyond Utopia
7.717
Overview:
A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.Fahrenheit 11/9
7.133
Overview:
Michael Moore's provocative documentary explores the two most important questions of the Trump Era: How did we get here, and how do we get out.Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in PyongYang
6.5
Overview:
Dennis Rodman is on a mission. After forging an unlikely friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, he wants to improve relations between North Korea and the US by staging a historic basketball game between the two countries. But the North Korean team isn't the only opposition he'll face... Condemned by the NBA and The Whitehouse, and hounded every step of the way by the press, can Dennis keep it together and make the game happen? Or will it go up in a mushroom cloud of smoke? For the first time, discover the true story of what happened when Dennis Rodman took a team of former-NBA players to North Korea and staged the most controversial game of basketball the world has never seen.Assassins
6.81
Overview:
True crime meets global spy thriller in this gripping account of the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of the North Korean leader. The film follows the trial of the two female assassins, probing the question: were the women trained killers or innocent pawns of North Korea?The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
7.6
Overview:
The documentary investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. In a historic election, those who know the candidates best reveal key moments that shape how they would lead America. Award-winning filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team sat down with Trump and Harris’ friends, advisors and critics, as well as authors, journalists and political insiders to present deeply reported narrative arcs of both candidates’ lives, going all the way back to their childhoods. What emerges in FRONTLINE's "The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump" is the story of two fighters: One seeking vindication and promising a return to greatness, and the other seeking to move beyond the past and promising a greater future.Under the Sun
7.177
Overview:
Over the course of one year, this film follows the life of an ordinary Pyongyang family whose daughter was chosen to take part in Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong-il's birthday) celebration. While North Korean government wanted a propaganda film, the director kept on filming between the scripted scenes. The ritualized explosions of color and joy contrast sharply with pale everyday reality, which is not particularly terrible, but rather quite surreal.Rodman: For Better or Worse
8.2
Overview:
While Rodman is no doubt one of the greatest talents in NBA history, he is just as famous for his off-court exploits. 30 for 30 explores the reasons behind him becoming the character he is known as today.And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
6.9
Overview:
From the first camera to 45 billion cameras worldwide today, the visual sociologist filmmakers widen their lens to expose both humanity's unique obsession with the camera's image and the social consequences that lay ahead.Korea: The Never-Ending War
7.8
Overview:
Shedding new light on a geopolitical hot spot, the film — written and produced by John Maggio and narrated by Korean-American actor John Cho — confronts the myth of the “Forgotten War,” documenting the post-1953 conflict and global consequences.The Propaganda Game
6.962
Overview:
North Korea. The last communist country in the world. Unknown, hermetic and fascinating. Formerly known as “The Hermit Kingdom” for its attempts to remain isolated, North Korea is one of the largest sources of instability as regards world peace. It also has the most militarized border in the world, and the flow of impartial information, both going in and out, is practically non-existent. As the recent Sony-leaks has shown, it is the perfect setting for a propaganda war.Kim Jong-un: The Unauthorized Biography
7.5
Overview:
A journey through several countries to find those who really know Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, in an attempt to profile a contradictory dictator who seems to rule his nation with both disturbing benevolence and cold cruelty while being worshipped as a living god by his subjects in exalted displays of ridiculous fanaticism.The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
7.2
Overview:
A look into what has shaped President Donald Trump and presidential candidate Joe Biden, where they came from and how they lead.Korea, A Hundred Years of War
5.5
Overview:
A contemporary history of Korea(s) from a unique point of view that embraces the inner history of both South and North Korea in a single narrative.Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim
10
Overview:
The love of Kim Jong Il, the former dictator of North Korea, for cinema and his adventures, including the kidnapping of a director.The Accidental President
6.4
Overview:
In 2016, almost anyone you asked, or any poll you consulted, pointed you to a Hillary Clinton landslide. The Accidental President is a balanced feature documentary that is seeking to answer one question - how the hell did Trump win?The Lovers and the Despot
6.883
Overview:
Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.America at War
8
Overview:
The United States of America has been at war for almost all of its 250 years of existence. From the wars of independence to current armed conflicts, its armed forces have not only shaped American identity, but also influenced the political decisions of its leaders. The documentary delves deep into this complex history and analyzes the hot and cold wars that shaped the development of the USA, along with lessons for the future. How have generations of Americans experienced these wars and how have their lives been changed by them? How has military engagement been used to shape the image and role of the USA on the world stage? Do military decisions today shape the world of tomorrow and what are the effects on democracy and society? And as the US president begins his new term in office, the question also arises: what role does the army play in Donald Trump's understanding of the world?Acting
2025America at War as Self (archive footage)
2024Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US Sovereignty as Self (archive footage)
2024Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim as Himself
2024The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump as Self (archive footage)
2023Beyond Utopia as Self (archive footage)
2023Nordkorea – Die Macht der Kim-Dynastie as Himself
2023And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine as Self (archive footage)
2023The World According to Kim Jong-Un as Self (archive footage)
2023Three Wars (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2022The Red Princess as Unknown
2021Assassins as Self (archive footage)
2021How to Become a Tyrant (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2021Spycraft (1 Episode) as Self
2021North Korea: Inside The Mind of a Dictator as Self (archive footage)
2020The Accidental President as Self (archive footage)
2020The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden as Self (archive footage)
2020Korea, A Hundred Years of War as Self (archive footage)
2019President - Documentary as Self (archive footage)
2019Rodman: For Better or Worse as Self (archive footage)
2019Korea: The Never-Ending War as Self (archive footage)
2019Battlefield Gender as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2018Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2018Basketball: A Love Story (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2018Fahrenheit 11/9 as Self (archive footage)
2018Journalism Talk Show J (2 Episodes) as Self (archive footage)
2018The Trap of Kim as Self
2016The Lovers and the Despot as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2016The Detour (1 Episode) as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015Under the Sun as Himself (archive footage)
2015The Propaganda Game as Self (archive footage)
2015I Am Sun Mu as Self (archive footage)
2015Kim Jong-un: The Unauthorized Biography as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2015Spotlight (4 Episodes) as Self (archive footage)
2015Dans la peau de Kim Jong-Un as Self
2015Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in PyongYang as Self
2012One Day on Earth as Self
2011Mentiras verdaderas (2 Episodes) as Self (archive footage)
1975PBS News Hour (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
1953Panorama (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)